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Income Taxes 6 (Details)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Nov. 30, 2013
Brazilian Tax Authority
BRL
Mar. 31, 2015
Brazilian Tax Authority
USD ($)
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]        
Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance $ 519us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet $ 572us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet    
U.S. federal, state and foreign net operating loss carryforwards 542us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards 672us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards    
Net operating loss carryforwards subject to expiration 412us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsSubjectToExpiration      
Net operating loss carryforwards expiration period between 2015 and 2034      
Net operating loss carryforwards not subject to expiration 130us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsNotSubjectToExpiration      
Change in valuation allowance (2)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount 4us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount    
Unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries 2,759us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries 2,349us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries    
Determination of tax on unremitted foreign earnings is not practicable It is not practicable to determine the amount of tax associated with such unremitted earnings.      
Liability for uncertain tax positions, Gross 162ca_LiabilityForUncertainTaxPositions 202ca_LiabilityForUncertainTaxPositions    
Liability for uncertain tax positions, Current 3us-gaap_LiabilityForUncertainTaxPositionsCurrent 0us-gaap_LiabilityForUncertainTaxPositionsCurrent    
Deferred tax assets related to uncertain tax positions 16ca_DeferredTaxPortionRelatedToUncertainTaxPositions 17ca_DeferredTaxPortionRelatedToUncertainTaxPositions    
Unrecognized tax benefits that would affect effective tax rate 109us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 127us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate    
Amount of interest and penalties accrued 28us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 32us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued    
Decrease in amount of interest and penalties (4)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense (72)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense    
Period of unrecognized tax benefit adjustment (in months) 12 months      
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]        
Tax assessment including interest and penalties     211ca_TaxAssessmentIncludingInterestAndPenalties
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$ 66ca_TaxAssessmentIncludingInterestAndPenalties
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